{"id":2638,"date":"2013-01-21T04:24:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T04:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2013\/01\/21\/a-survivor-of-tianamen-square-on-gun\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:20:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:20:42","slug":"a-survivor-of-tianamen-square-on-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=2638","title":{"rendered":"A Survivor Of Tianamen Square On Gun Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:14394,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.northeastshooters.com\\\/vbulletin\\\/threads\\\/185668-State-Capitol-Demonstration-Megathread-with-Pics&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.northeastshooters.com\\\/vbulletin\\\/threads\\\/185668-State-Capitol-Demonstration-Megathread-with-Pics&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14395,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14396,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/blogostuff.blogspot.com\\\/2013\\\/01\\\/tiananmen-square-activist-turned.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250813161555\\\/https:\\\/\\\/blogostuff.blogspot.com\\\/2013\\\/01\\\/tiananmen-square-activist-turned.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 03:07:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-24 11:18:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-24 11:18:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14397,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.northeastshooters.com\\\/vbulletin\\\/threads\\\/187810-Transcript-of-All-Speeches-at-the-Rally-Today&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.northeastshooters.com\\\/vbulletin\\\/threads\\\/187810-Transcript-of-All-Speeches-at-the-Rally-Today&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\n&#8220;June 4th&#8221; was a young Chinese student and democracy activist who was part of the Tiananmen Square protest. That protest was crushed by the People&#8217;s Liberation Army under the direction of the Chinese Communist Party. On Saturday, &#8220;June 4th&#8221;, who is now a naturalized US citizen and a firearms owner, participated in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northeastshooters.com\/vbulletin\/threads\/185668-State-Capitol-Demonstration-Megathread-with-Pics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the rally for gun rights on Saturday at the Massachusetts State Capitol.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;June 4th&#8221; refers to the day<\/a> that the People&#8217;s Liberation Army fired upon the students and activists in Tiananmen Square killing many hundreds of them.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/miEmIfhfxuc\" width=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogostuff.blogspot.com\/2013\/01\/tiananmen-square-activist-turned.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The full transcript of the speech can be found here at Blog O&#8217;Stuff<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The transcripts of the other speeches can be found on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northeastshooters.com\/vbulletin\/threads\/187810-Transcript-of-All-Speeches-at-the-Rally-Today\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northeast Shooter&#8217;s Forum here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The part of &#8220;June 4th&#8221;&#8216;s speech that really stuck with me was this:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>Do you know that the Chinese Constitution guarantees almost all the nice<br \/>\n things we have here? It is written that Chinese citizens enjoy freedom<br \/>\nof speech and religion, they have human and property rights, and that<br \/>\nsuch rights cannot be taken away without due process of the law. And do<br \/>\nyou know what? Chinese people do not have the right to keep and bear<br \/>\narms. I assure you all those nice guarantees, are not worth the paper<br \/>\nthey are printed on, because when the government has all the guns, they<br \/>\nhave all the rights. <\/i><br \/>\n<i>&lt;<\/p>\n<p>I was not born a citizen of the United States, I was naturalized in<br \/>\n2007. In 2008, I became a proud gun owner. To me, a rifle is not for<br \/>\nsporting or hunting, it is an instrument of freedom. It guarantees that I<br \/>\n cannot be coerced, that I have free will, and that I am a free man. <\/i><br \/>\n<i><\/p>\n<p>Now suppose the 20 million Beijing citizens had had a few million<br \/>\nrifles, how many rounds should they have been ALLOWED to load into their<br \/>\n magazines? 10? 7? How about 3?  <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Think about it.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;June 4th&#8221; was a young Chinese student and democracy activist who was part of the Tiananmen Square protest. 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